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West Strahan, Tasmania, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Field of Polypodium scouleri growing upon trunk of spruce.
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Warner Parks Nature Center, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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Beaman Park, Davidson County, Tennessee, US
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The colorful Hammock Fern is found through much of the Neotropics. Lotusland, Montecito, California. Blechnaceae
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Scientific Name:
Marsilea vestita Hook. & Grev.Common Name: Hairy Water CloverCertainty: positive (
notes)Location: Desert Southwest; Utah; Escalante; Hole-in-the-RockDate: 20060417
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kleaEndemic to the Hawaiian IslandsPuu Kaua*, Oahu*In Hawaiian kaua means "war," but kau means "servant."
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Pellaea glabella Mett. ex Kuhn20090528.7Vavenby, BC
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Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
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Japanese tassel fern or Korean tassel fernDryopteridaceaeNative to Japan and South KoreaOregon, USA (Cultivated)
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New York, United States
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Although known as the Central American Lace Fern, this species is native as for south as Argentina. Adapted to dry areas. Adiantaceae. UC Berkeley Botanical Gardens.
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Sayner, Wisconsin, United States
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Wisconsin, United States
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Also placed in the Spaeropteris genus. Native to the mountains of northern South America. Botanical Gardens of Quito.
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kupukupu or niaaniau Lomariopsidaceae [Nephrolepidaceae] (Swordfern family)Subspecies is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands (All main islands except Niihau)The native Hawaiian version of the "Boston fern."Closeup of frond
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/4740530089/in/photolist-...Habit
www.flickr.com/photos/dweickhoff/22056896575/in/photolist...Early Hawaiians fashioned the fronds into lei for the wrists and ankles called kpee or as haku for the head.The fern was used medicinally to treat a number of skin disordes by means of bathing in the processed juice.The Hawaiian name kupu means "to sprout." The early Hawaiians would place kupukupu on hula altars so that knowledge would sprout.EtymologyThe generic name Nephrolepis is derived from the Greek nephros, kidney, and lepis, scale, in reference to the kidney-shaped indusia (sori covering).The Latin specific name exaltata, raised, high, lofty, alludes to the upright fronds of this fern.The former subspecies name hawaiiensis* is referring to the place of origin, Hawaii._____* No longer considered as an endemic subspecies. Status is currently as indigenous.
nativeplants.hawaii.edu/plant/view/Nephrolepis_exaltata_h...
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By the track to the Thurston Lava Tube, Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii Island. May 30th 2011, image I11-8071.
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